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22 March 2006

Average daily projected overnight purses will increase to a record $133,000 per day. That figure tops the previous record daily purse level of $121,000 set last year.John Morrissey, the track's director of racing and racing secretary. "We've had a good meet. The handle has been up. So we're going to reward the horsemen with higher purses.''The increase will be $500 per race.